What connection types are available?

You can use your local network (LAN, Wi-Fi), or you can use bluetooth connection. Local network (Wi-Fi) is
widely available and well supported (you just need both devices to be connected on same network). Bluetooth is a
bit more comfortable and private type of connection (it is point-to-point connection), but not all
bluetooth adapters are supported by DesktopSMS Client, you need to give it a try.

How to pair with my Android device

Use DesktopSMS Client to find remote devices and pair with selected one.
To make remote (Android) device discoverable please make sure that:

Connection seems slow, remote device is not responding well

Please try to plug USB/AC power to your Android device. Android system saves battery by throttling down
resources for apps that are not running on foreground and when device is not active (screen off).
Throttling is not applied that much when on AC/USB power, so plug in power supply to keep connection smooth.

What 'foreground service' means, why and how to use it?

DesktopSMS Lite is standard Android application that must operate in Android system context.
Android system is doing it's best to keep your device operating as effective as possible and thus prioritizes
applications running on foreground only. All other tasks and services are muted or even killed when inactive.
That's fine and it is really good design that works well for majority of 'standard' apps that you interact
with directly on your Android device.

But in case of DesktopSMS, most of the time you interact with DesktopSMS Client on your computer,
not with DesktopSMS Lite on Android device. To prevent killing DesktopSMS Lite service on your
Android device (and thus making it impossible to get connected with) you can enable
'Foreground service' in DesktopSMS Lite settings. Foreground service will ensure that Android system won't
kill DesktopSMS service. Sticky notification is displayed in notification area when foreground service is active.
You can easily disconnect remote device and/or move service to background from foreground service notification.